Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List

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This entry shall enable all ieXwiki members to create a list of software, that will work with Vista RTM (Build 6000), or won't work, so that it's possible to check that even before installation. Feel free to contribute. Originally started by Jonathan Yaniv (jyaniv)

For our previous results, check out the Beta 1 listing or the Build 5219 listing or the Build 5270 listing or the Build 5308 listing or the Build 5342 listing or the Build 5365 listing or the Build 5381 listing or the Beta 2 (Build 5384) listing or the Build 5456 listing or the Build 5472 listing or the Build 5536 listing or the RC1 (Build 5600) listing or the Build 5728 listing or the RC2 (Build 5744) listing.

However, for our hardware compatibility results, please see this alternative listing.

You can also check out XCPUS Forums for a similar listing of compatible hardware & software.

Microsoft has now published a list of programs compatible with Windows Vista in their knowledge base, KB933305: Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo.

NOTES:

  • Entries are in alphabetical order.
  • Please mention the version/build number of the software and if it applies to the 32-bit and/or the 64-bit beta OS (e.g. "Software vX.XX.XXXX (32- and 64-bit)")!
  • On 32-bit Vista RTM, 16-bit or 32-bit Windows programs which uses 16-bit drivers or VxDs will not work anyway as on any NT systems. 16-bit fullscreen DOS programs do not work.


Contents

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Works

There are 3 major categories (Works, Somewhat works, & Heavy problem/doesn't work). POST in the right sections and ALPHABETICALLY please...
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Academic

  • Biacore 3000 Control Software 3.2
  • BIAevaluation Software 3.2
  • BioRad QuantityOne 2.6.3
  • Electrical Troublshooting Training Software (32bit)
  • Endnote X
  • Enterprise Architect
  • Vector NTI 6 (32-bit) [Install into a directory other than C:\Program Files]
  • Vector NTI Advance 10.3
  • Zeiss Axio Vision LE 4.6
  • Zeiss Lsm Image Browser 4

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AntiSpam & AntiSpyware

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AntiVirus

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Audio and Music

  • 1st MP3 tag editor
  • Adobe Audition 1.5 (32 bit) Works perfectly. No compatibility issues.
  • Adobe Audition 3.0 - works with Vista and releases in November 2007
  • Adobe Soundbooth CS3
  • Absolute MP3 Splitter & Converter 2.5.8
  • Apollo Audio DVD Creator v1.24
  • Apollo No1 DVD Audio Ripper v1.2.26
  • Apple Quicktime v7.1.3 (32/64-bit) - installs as 32-bit app under 64-bit Vista
  • Apple iTunes iTunes 7.6 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
  • Apple iTunes Library Updater 1.22
  • ArKaos VJ 3.6.1
  • AtomixMP3 DJ: Virtual DJ v2.0 and AtomixMP3 v2.3
  • Audacity v1.3.2-beta (32-bit)
  • Audioactive Production Studio 1.05
  • Cakewalk
  • CoolEdit Pro 2.0
  • Creative Tools: Creative AudioHQ, Creative Recorder, Creative Mixer etc...
  • DarkWave Studio (32 and 64-bit versions)
  • dbPowerAmp Audio the website says that all their products are Vista compatible, doesn't specify 32 or 64 bit
  • Digital Voice Editor 3 (Sony - comes with digital recorder, e.g. ICD-P520) (32-bit) [Installs and runs, not all features checked]
  • Dimension Pro DXi and VSTi sampler synthesizer works great with updates and expansion packs, too
  • Finale 2008, SongWriter 2007a (32-bit)
  • Foobar2000 v0.8.3, v0.9.4.1 and v0.9.4.2 (During the installation, make sure Enable per-user settings is on)
  • Free Easy HI-Q Recorder 2.0
  • Fruity Loops 6.0.8 (32bit) - works great, performance slightly sub-par
  • Floola v2.9.2 - it manages iPod or Motorola mobile phone
  • FL Studio 7.0 XXL Producer Edition, works fine on Vista (32-bit) home Premium
  • FXsound DFX Audio Enhancement v8.0 for Windows Media Player & Winamp
  • GoldWave v5.17 (32-bit)
  • Guitar Pro 5: (32-bit) Works fine! (Works with 64 bit)
  • i-Sound WMA MP3 Recorder compatible since version 6.72
  • LoopBe30 v1.5 - 30 Virtual MIDI Ports (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Jetaudio v6
  • Magix Music Maker 5 a bit older version, but still, not the oldest (32bit) - Working Fine!
  • MediaCoder
  • Media Monkey latest Version (note old versions have not been tested)
  • mp3tag v.2.37a (newly added Vista Support, v.2.36a and below simply crash)
  • MP3 Tag Assistant 2,84 - NOT COMPATIBLE with Ultimate version
  • mpTrim - Functions properly on Vista 32/64-bit systems (tested with version 2.13).
  • Multi-channel Recording System v2.87
  • musikCube v1.0 RC2 beta (32-bit)
  • n-Track Studio 5 (32/64-bit)
  • Native Instruments Absynth 3 and 4 works great too
  • Native Instruments Battery 3
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 (Works with 64 bit)
  • Native Instruments Kontakt 2 (Works with 64 bit)
  • Novation X-station drivers 1.1 (64 bit, must disable driver signing on startup (F8) )
  • Orb MyCasting
  • Power Tab Editor 1.7(No Problems!!!)
  • Project5 Version 2.5, Rapture 1.1, Z3TA+ 1.5 (32 & 64 bit)
  • Propellerheads Reason 3.0.4
  • Propellerheads Reason 4.0
  • Razer Barracuda AC-1 Driver v2.10b Currently 32 Bit only!
  • Rhapsody v4.0.850
  • Sibelius 5 (32-bit)
  • Skype Recorder Extralabs Skype Recorder v.1.6 build 116
  • Sonar 6 Updated 6.0.1 works great with VST and VSTi also (32 & 64 bit)
  • SONAR Producer Edition 6.2, SONAR Studio Edition 6.2, SONAR Home Studio 6, SONAR Home Studio 6 XL, SONAR Power Studio (32 & 64 bit)
  • Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0
  • Sony Acid Pro 6.0d
  • Sonic Foundry ACID Pro 3.0g (works perfect)
  • Sonic Foundry Batch Converter 5.0b
  • Sony Cinescore 1.0b and 1.0c
  • Sony SonicStage CP 4.3
  • Sony Sound Forge 8.0d
  • Spectrasonics Atmosphere and Trilogy VSTi works great without any problem
  • Steinberg V-Stack works good - some problems with ASIO
  • Steinberg Sequel, Cubase 4.0.1, WaveLab 6.0.1, HALion 3, The Grand 2, Groove Agent 3 - (Vista 32/64-bit)
  • The GodFather 0.70 - MP3 tags editor
  • Tuxguitar
  • Ultra Tag Editor 2.4.3
  • Voxengo Overtone GEQ v1.4 - 7-band harmonic graphic equalizer with multi-channel support (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Wavepad works with no compatibility issues.
  • Winamp v2x and v5x (32bit) - DRM Problems, 5.32 Pro
  • WinAmp 5.3 (32bit) - work perfect but when startup Winamp note error with PX.dll but audio and video files plays like on Win XP :D (To get rid of the PX.dll error, simply disable the CD ripping/burning features during install)
  • Winamp 5.35 - No major problems (fixes PX.dll error). Doesn't display correctly in Alt+Tab or Flip3D though.
  • XMPlay v3.4.2
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Benchmark

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Backup

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Browsers

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CD/DVD Authoring

  • #1 DVD Ripper 5.2.0
  • Aimersoft DVD Creator 1.1.52.1 (32/64 Bit)
  • Aimersoft DVD Ripper 1.1.55
  • Alcohol-Soft Alcohol 120% 1.9.6.4719 (Works on 64 bit). (Potential to crash Vista described here: http://forum.alcohol-soft.com/index.php?showtopic=25452)
  • Alcohol-Soft Alcohol 120% 1.9.5.4521
  • AmoK CD/DVD Burning 1.01
  • Ashampoo Burning Studio 6
  • Astroburn v1.0.3 Free
  • AVTLab (Rus) Small CD-DVD Writer 1.4 (32-bit)
  • Burn4Free CD and DVD v2.6 - NOTE: upgrade to the latest version to solve compatibility.
  • CDBurnerXP v4.0.022
  • CyberLink PowerDVD Copy (may have problem during installation but if you keep trying it will run fine).
  • CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra Deluxe v7.3 (32-bit) (Installs as 32-bit under Vista x64)
  • Cyberlink Suite v.5 - Working great and no problems.
  • DAEMON Tools 4.09 X86 and X64 versions
  • DeepBurner 1.8 - (32 Bit)
  • DVD2one 2.1.2
  • DVD43 v2.5.0.192 and up - (32 Bit)
  • DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
  • DVDLAB Pro 2.2
  • DVDFab Platinum 3.0.9.8
  • DVD Rebuilder Pro 1.20.5
  • DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15
  • DVD TO AVI AC3 RIPPER v1.0.0.0
  • EASY RM RMVB To DVD Burner 1.3.6
  • Express Burn
  • ImgBurn 2.1.0.0 (32/64bit)
  • ImgTool Classic 0.91.7
  • InfraRecorder 0.44.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • IsoBuster 1.9.1, 2.0.0 (32 Bit)
  • ISO Recorder v3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • LG Software 1Click DVD Copy 5 - works completely with no issues
  • LightScribe software (32-bit & 64-bit)
  • MagicDisk 2.5 Build 074
  • MagicISO 5.3.221 - 32/64 Bit
  • Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED v7.8.5.0 Full Multilanguage - NOTE: Vista ships with DirectX 10. Will not install if you choose not to install the directX component. The software is compatible in all use. (32-bit) - NOTE: Version 7.7.5.1 is the minimum for Vista Compatibility (Installs as 32-bit under Vista x64)
  • Nero 8 Ultra Edition v8.2.8.0 - (32bit, 64bit untested)
  • NTI CD&DVD-Maker 7.7.0.1100
  • ONES (Prassi) - Current update 2.1.358 - 30-days trial version available.
  • Oront Burning Kit 2 v2.3.3 (32/64-bit)
  • PowerISO 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
  • PowerISO 3.6 (32/63-bit, Installs as 32-bit under Vista x64)
  • PowerLaser Express v1.0
  • PrimoDVD 2.1 for Disc Publisher (Bravo II CD/DVD Duplicator & Printer)
  • RipIt4Me RipIt4Me 1.6.4.0
  • Romeo Burner 2.2
  • Roxio (Sonic) Easy Media Creator 9 - (32-bit),Roxio Media Creator 9.0.603 XE (64bit), only creator classic is installed
  • Roxio (Sonic) Easy Media Creator 8 - (32-bit)
  • Roxio Easy Media Creator 7
  • SilentNight Microburner v5.0.0.26 (32-bit)
  • Slysoft AnyDVD 6.1.0.4 - (32/64-bit) Tested, v6.1.3.3 works completely.
  • Slysoft AnyDVD HD 6.1.3.3 - (32/64-bit) Tested, works completely.
  • Slysoft CloneCD 5.2.91 - (32/64-bit) Tested, works completely
  • Slysoft CloneDVD2 2.9.01 - (32-bit)
  • Slysoft CloneDVD 3.9.4.0 - (32-bit)
  • Sony DVD Architect 4.0a
  • StarBurn (32/64-bit)
  • Super Clone Dvd 5
  • Ultimate CD/DVD Burner 2.0 - (32-bit)
  • UltraISO 8.6.3.2056 (32/64-bit)
  • Virtual CD 9 (32/64-bit)
  • VOBEdit 0.6
  • Vso-Software ConvertXtoDVD 2.1.5.173- 32/64 Bit
  • Vso-Software CopytoDVD 4.0.3
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Checksum Tools

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Codecs & Converters

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Compression

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Corporate Records Management

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Customization

  • allSnap (32-bit)
  • Samurize v1.64.2 (to install, set compatibility to Windows XP SP2)
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Databases

  • Firebird 2.0
  • Navicat for MySQL v8.0
  • Microsoft Access 2000, MS Access 2002, MS Access 2003 (32-bit)
  • Microsoft Access 2007
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 & x86 (needs SQL Server 2005 SP2 installed to run best in Vista). Note: SP2 is available at [1],
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 express edition - works perfectly if SP1 is installed. SP2 is also available at [2]
  • MySQL Administrator, MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Community Server 5.0.27
  • Oracle 10g Express Edition, Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (32-bit)
  • Quest Toad for MySQL, Quest Toad for Oracle
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Defragmenting

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Development Tools

  • Bloodshed C++ Compiler - Crashes if cache is created. Works fine otherwise (32-bit)
  • Delphi 7 (error message during install/new project (-np) tag should be added to shortcut to prevent auto-create)
  • Codegear Delphi 2006
  • Boxer Text Editor 12.0.0 Release and higher (32-bit)
  • ConTEXT v0.98.5 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Crimson Editor 3.70 Release
  • CUDA SDK version 2.0 for Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Eclipse 3.2.2
  • EmEditor 7 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
  • Intel Fortran Compiler for Windows 10.1 (32/64-bit)
  • JCreator Pro
  • JDK v1.5, v1.6
  • Microsoft
    • Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition (32-bit) (use the SP1 for Vista service pack for optimal Vista compatibility)
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite (32-bit/64-bit) (use the SP1 for Vista service pack for optimal Vista compatibility)
    • Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, Express, Standard, Team (32/64-bit)
    • Visual SourceSafe 2005 (32 Bit) (Compatibility warnings, but works)
    • Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions: Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (32 Bit) (Compatibility warnings, but works)
    • Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition (32 Bit) (SP6) (Compatibility warnings, but works with runas administrator)
    • Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition (32 Bit) (SP6) (Compatibility warnings, works with runas administrator)
    • Visual Basic 5.0
    • Visual Basic 1.0 (16-bit abandonware, but runs on RTM 32bit version)
  • Netbeans IDE v5.5
  • Notepad++ 4.02
  • Programmer's File Editor v1.01 (32-bit)
  • Programmers Notepad 2 (32-bit)
  • PSPad editor v4.5.2 (64-bit)
  • SetupBuilder 6.9
  • SharpDevelop 2.1 RC 1
  • Sun Java3D 1.5.0 - Note: You need to free registration on Sun company site ("not java site")to obtain this great add for java.
  • Sun Java Runtime 6.0
  • SuperOrca .MSI Editor
  • Textpad 4.7.1 (works perfectly)
  • Tinn-R 1.19.1.6 (32-bit)
  • TortoiseSVN v1.4.3 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • UltraEdit v10.10a and higher (32-bit)
  • Vim v7.0 (32-bit)
  • Viva64 Tool 2.0 (64-bit)
  • vlite v0.5 beta
  • WinHex v12.0 SR-1
  • WinMerge v2.3.10.0 (32-bit)
  • Zend Studio v5.5.0
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Download Managers

  • Bearshare 5.2.5 (32-bit)
  • Bit Comic 0.84
  • BitTorrent 5.0.5 (32-bit)
  • Download Accelerator Plus 5.3(DAP), Download Accelerator Plus 8(DAP)
  • Download Master
  • FlashGet 1.73 Build 128 (32/64-bit) and 1.82 (32-bit/64-bit) - May make Vista 64-bit Ultimate freeze under bootup
  • Flickr Uploadr 3.0 (32 bit)
  • Free Download Manager
  • GetRight 6.1 (or 6.2a +4, run IE as admin for rapidshare cookie to work)
  • Gigaget 1.0.0.23
  • Grabit 1.7.1 beta - USENet download manager.
  • HiDownload 6.95
  • Internet Download Accelerator
  • Internet Download Manager 5.11 (x86/x64)
  • Leechget 2006
  • Microsoft File Transfer Manager
  • Orbit Downloader 1.5.2
  • RapGet 1.26
  • ReGet Deluxe 2.6
  • Star Downloader Free 1.45
  • Thunder5 5.5.6.274 (Chinese Simplified/Traditional)
  • Universal Share Downloader 1.3.4
  • Xi Software Net Transport 2.28
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Email

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Emulation

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Encryption

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Encyclopedia

  • Encyclopedia Universalis 10/11 (french) (32-bit) : patch available since march 2007, contact the support by mail
  • Encyclopedia Universalis 12 (french) (32-bit) : no patch required
  • Encarta 2007
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Financial

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Firewalls / IDS's

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FTP

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Games

StarForce protection drivers 4.00.013 [4] and higher run under Windows Vista 32/64-bit automatically

  • 1602 A.D. (32-Bit)
  • 1701 A.D. (32,64-Bit)
  • 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America (32-bit)
  • 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal To The Metal (Windows XP SP2 Compatibility Mode. Run as Administrator)
  • 18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin' (Windows XP SP2 Compatibility Mode. Run as Administrator)
  • 3D Rij-Simulator
  • 80 Days (32-bit)
  • Agatha Christie: And then there were None, Murder on the Orient Express (32-bit)
  • Aladdin in Nasira's Wraak (Dutch)
  • Aliens versus Predator 2
  • America's Army 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 (32-bit)
  • Anno 1701
  • Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion
  • Age of Empires II and The Conquerors expansion (Multiplayer games have connection issues.)
  • Age of Empires III and The WarChiefs expansion
  • Age of Mythology and The Titans expansion
  • Age of Wonders II
  • Alice (American McGee's)
  • Anarchy Online (32-bit) Runs fine.
  • Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Ankh (32-bit) [English/French] : The game cannot start. Deck13 works on a patch. Download this unofficial patch Ankh on Windows Vista.
  • Ankh (32-bit) [German] : Download the patch from official website
  • Archlord (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Area 51
    • Create the Program Files\Midway Games\Area 51 folders.
    • Give yourself full control permissions on the Program Files\Midway Games folder
    • With Area 51 Disc 1 in the cd\dvd drive, open a command prompt window. Type in the letter of the drive, followed by a colon and press Enter. You should now have a prompt starting with the drive letter.
    • Type in the following command line and press Enter:msiexec /i "area 51(R).msi" /qb
    • After the installation completes, run the sfdrvup.exe file and reboot the system when prompted. file downlaod from here "http://www.star-force.com/support/drivers/"
    • Click the right mouse button on the Area 51 icon and select Properties. Check the Run as Administrator option and click Apply\OK
  • Armies of Exigo
  • Atlantis I (French) (32-bit). Patch available here
  • Atlantis II, Atlantis III (32-bit)
  • Atlantis IV Evolution (32-bit)
  • Aura: Fate of the Ages (32-bit)
  • Armed and Dangerous
  • Arx Fatalis (32-bit / Not supported on 64-bit)
  • Baktinet Dr. Mario clone
  • Blade Runner (32-bit)
  • Baldur's Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)
  • Baldur's Gate (64bit RTM) (English version. Installer exits abruptly, which is normal, but triggers Windows Compatibility Wizard. Just click "This program installed correctly". The game will run fine.)
  • Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)
  • Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (64bit RTM) (English version. Torment Promotion movie colors are screwed up. Same installer "error" as BG1. Game runs fine.)
  • Chuzzle Deluxe (The only problem is that it goes a LITTLE bit slower during combos)
  • Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2
  • Battlefield 1942 (Run As Administrator, may require the most up to date graphics drivers, such as the Nvidia's BETA 101.41 GeForce drivers. Also, it may sometimes crash during a map load -- switch compatibility to/from XP and it will work.)
  • Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe as Administrator. If this does not alleviate the problem, deactivate User Account Control, which will allow you to circumvent the issue; however, it will also crash to windows both frequently and inconsistently)
  • Battlefield 2142(32bit)
  • Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower.
  • Beyond Good and Evil (32-bit)
  • Big Mutha Truckers (with compatibility mode and run as an administrator on 32 bit Home Premium)
  • BioShock (64-bit)
  • Black and White 2
  • Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.)
  • BrainsBreaker 4.9 - jigsaw puzzles (32/64-bit)
  • Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
  • Cabal online
  • Caesar IV (Demo) (32-bit)
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • Call of Duty & United Offensive
  • Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode. Single-player operates fine.)
  • Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM (32 bit) and Vista Ultimate.
  • Call of Duty 4 (64-bit)
  • Call of Juarez (64-bit)
  • Championship Manager 2007
  • Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (64-bit)
  • Civilization II - Multiplayer Gold Edition
  • Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode)
  • Civilization IV (Vista 32/64-bit)
  • Civ City Rome (32 bit)
  • Civ City Rome (64 bit)
  • Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection Vista-update is required)
  • Cold War
  • Colin McRae - DiRT (32/64-bit)
  • Colin McRae Rally 2 (32-bit Home Premium)
  • Commanche 4 (32-bit Home Premium)
  • Command & Conquer: The First Decade (Tiberium Sun may need to be re-installed)
  • Command & Conquer: Generals
  • Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (Run as Administrator)
  • Command & Conquer: Renegade
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars(32-bit)
  • Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty
  • Company of Heroes (Home Premium) (32 Bit)

(NB With NVIDIA 8800GTX/GTS GPUs the game crashes when loading Cherbourg level. Needs GPU driver update. 'Open issue' with 20/02/07 100.65 forceware AND 02/03/07 101.41 beta drivers)

  • Condemned - Criminal Origins
  • Continuum
  • Counter-Strike 1.6
  • Counter-Strike Condition Zero
  • Counter-Strike Source
  • Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix)
  • Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64)
  • Crysis (32/64-bit)
  • Darkstar One (vista ultimate 64bit)Prior to installation, install the tages 5.5signed drivers for vista 64bit: http://www.tagesprotection.com/5.5.htm .After instalation of these drivers, install the game, patch to version 1.3 and run in administrator mode and Xp SP2 compability mode.
  • Darwinia
  • Day of Defeat
  • Deal or No Deal
  • Deer Avenger 2
  • Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre
  • Deus Ex
  • Diablo I
  • Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut's properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under Compatability disable desktop composition).
  • Doom 2 (Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly)
  • Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support)
  • Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support)
  • Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4
  • Dracula 2 (32-bit) (Run in Windows 98 Compatibility Mode)
  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (32-bit) - Run after installation of Starforce Drivers, which may be acquired here.
  • Driver (32bit)
  • Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition, not the original 16-bit from MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too minimal performance if you don't install the driver of your graphic card manually, although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.)
  • Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0
  • Duke Nukem Manhattan Project
  • Dungeon Keeper
  • Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons
  • Dungeon Keeper 2 (32-Bit)
  • Dungeon Runners (32-bit)
  • EA Link (for EA Games)
  • Dungeon Siege 2 (Tested on 32-bit)
  • Earth 2160 (32,64-Bit)
  • Egypt II, Egypt III (32-bit)
  • Eve Online (32-bit)
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (32-bit both demo and full game)
  • Evany: Crystal Keys II (32-bit)
  • Everquest, Everquest II
  • Evidence - the last ritual
  • Evil Islands: Curse of Lost Soul (32/64-bit)
  • Fable: The Lost Chapters (Requires a fix obtained via Windows Update to fix compatibility issues and the latest video drivers or you'll get black screens during gameplay and cutscene playback; this occurs primarily on nVidia chipsets, although it can be fixed by downloading the nVidia Forceware driver from the nVidia website).
  • Fallout (32/64-bit)
  • Fallout 2 (32-bit)
  • Fallout Tactics (32-bit)
  • Far Cry (64-bit and 32-bit with v1.4 patch) - The games crashes at times (on places with too much light?) when the best graphic configuration is used. Not sure if the problem is Vista or the GeForce 8800 line and its drivers. Does not install properly on Vista 64-bit.
  • F.E.A.R (32/64-bit)
  • F.E.A.R Extraction Point (expansion) has major problems on all platforms, including XP.
  • F.E.A.R Combat (Multiplayer)
  • Final Fantasy XI (with Windows-compatible Playonline Viewer) [[5]]
  • F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode)
  • FlatOut 2 (32-bit Home Premium)
  • Flight Gear (32-bit Home Premium)
  • Flight Simulator 2004
  • Flight Simulator X SP1, SP2 enables DirectX10 effects (32/64-bit)
  • [http://www.activisionvalue.com/titles/FBI/overview.html FBI: Hostage Rescue
  • Fussball Manager 2005
  • FIFA 06 (with USB Patch)
  • FIFA 07
  • FIFA Manager 2007
  • Football Manager 2007
  • Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
  • Freelancer
  • Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update)
  • Fritz Chess 10
  • Garry's Mod 10 (32/64-bit works)
  • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (32/64-bit)
  • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (64-bit) (GRAW2 works, but the Ageia PhysX engine may need to be installed with the quiet option)
  • Global Operations
  • Gothic 3 (Windows Vista will not allow two files to install in the system folder on 64-bit)
  • Grand Prix 4
  • Grand Theft Auto II
  • Grand Theft Auto III
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (32-bit: Functions flawlessly / 64-bit: Problematic when tested on Ultimate Edition. Experiences random freezes and crashes, notably when graphics are set to "Very High" quality).
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Guild Wars / Prophecies / Factions / Nightfall
  • Gun
  • GunBound WC
  • GZDoom
  • Half Life - NOTE: Sometimes, the game suddenly stops to work, or you cannot act. E.g. In Interloper level, while you fly above the space land to jump to another small meteor, the game may stop to work. I learned that this problem does not happen in Half Life Source.
  • Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One
  • Half Life 2: Episode Two
  • Half Life 2: Lost Coast
  • Halo: Combat Evolved(Must install the latest patch)
  • Halo: Custom Edition (requires an update